The best replacement for drilling is boring.

The best alternatives to drilling are rated as following:
★★★★★  boring
★★★  fracking
★★  reservoir engineer
★★  reaming
★★  milling
★  self tapping
★  land drilling
★  reservoir
★  rolling bjj
★  tapping
★  microfracture
★  center drilling
★  impact drilling
  deep water drilling
  punching
  horizontal drilling
  vertical drilling
  chao
  planting
  drilling
  self tapping screw
  onshore drilling
  core drilling
  exploration
  on shore drilling
  pounding
  mining
  offshore drilling

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Speaking about drilling, one probably shouldn't forget about casing.

Other search terms related to drilling and their ratings are:
★★★★★ casing
★ filling
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